The committee led by historian Prof Kirpal Singh met on Monday and sought a copy of the NCERT guidelines which the board claims to have followed while compiling the book. The panel will meet again on June 8 to suggest ways to write the book afresh.

punjabUpdated: May 29, 2018 10:33 IST

HT Correspondent Hindustan Times, Chandigarh

The committee was set up on May 7 after the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleged that a major portion of Sikh history was removed from the Class-12 book.(HT File )

A six-member oversight committee formed by the Punjab government to review the history syllabus of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) has found the contents of Class 12 history textbook substandard.

The committee led by historian Prof Kirpal Singh met for the first time on Monday and sought a copy of the NCERT guidelines which the board claims to have followed while compiling the book. The panel will meet again on June 8 to suggest ways to write the book afresh.

“I think those who have supplied the contents have not done justice to any portion of the book,” said one of the panel members. “Facts of Sikh history have been distorted,” he said, adding that the panel wanted to know how such a book got printed.